Symphonie fantastique

Album by Hector Berlioz & Berliner Philharmoniker & Daniel Barenboim

Symphonie fantastique is a programme symphony by French composer Hector Berlioz, composed and premiered in 1830. Spanning five movements, the work employs extended orchestral forces, innovative instrumentation and a recurring thematic idée fixe to convey a dramatic narrative, and it played a key role in the development of Romantic-era orchestral and programme music.
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  1. 1.
    Symphonie fantastique: Reveries - Passions (Träumereien, Leidenschaften)
    15:59
  2. 2.
    Symphonie fantastique: Un Bal (A Ball, Ein Ball)
    6:41
  3. 3.
    Symphonie fantastique: Scene aux Champs (Scene in the Meadows, Szene auf dem Lande)
    17:11
  4. 4.
    Symphonie fantastique: Marche au Supplice (March to the Scaffold, Der Gang zum Richtplatz)
    4:54
  5. 5.
    Symphonie fantastique: Songe d'une Nuit de Sabbat (Dream of a Witches' Sabbath, Beim Hexensabbat)
    9:53

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